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From: lucio@proxima.alt.za
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] ndb database= question.
Date: Fri,  2 Jan 2009 05:46:32 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <96f48a2f7bffbf3850711063bff40d57@proxima.alt.za> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6e1b4885441aa402a90597d42f460119@quanstro.net>

> ndbsearch(2) searches the original file and all the files in
> the database= lines.  however ndbparse(2) opens only the
> named file; ndbreopen(2) only reopens the named file.

It may be that you want to limit the search to a single database
element and then there is no way to do it.  The database= idea is
good, but it seems hard to use it consistently.  Of course, that's my
opinion, the real reason may be completely different.

++L




      reply	other threads:[~2009-01-02  3:46 UTC|newest]

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2009-01-01 23:31 erik quanstrom
2009-01-02  3:46 ` lucio [this message]

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